Hand-knotted Qom Oriental Rug in Silk, 136 × 92 cm

Hand-knotted: a Qom rug measuring 136 × 92 cm. What marks a Qom is the drawing: crowded, precise, and usually laid out around a medallion or a panelled field. Around 813,000 knots went into this piece (600,000-699,999 knots/sqm) — a density that lets the drawing carry detail rather than outline. Pile 100% silk, warp 100% cotton. A silk pile shifts tone as you move past it — the same field reads light from one side of the room and dark from the other. The cotton foundation holds it flat and dimensionally stable. A small format at 136 × 92 cm, usually hung or laid where it will be seen close up. Proportion 1.48:1. Every rug here is a single piece — there is no second one in this size and colour.